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COMBINATION CHAIR AND IRONING: BOARD STAND- Patented Mar.9,1897,

(No Model.)

U ITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

BASIL H. COOPER, OF BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOANDREW P. GLADDEN, OF SAME PLACE.-

COMBINATION CHAIR AND IRONING -BOARD STAND.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 578,446, dated March 9,1897. Application filed August 12, 1896- Serial No. 602,464. (No model.)

' clare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to combination chairs and ironing-board stands, theobject of the same being to provide a simple and cheap kitchen-chairwhich is so constructed that it may be readily converted into a standfor supporting an ironing-board.

The invention consists of a chair made of wood, with four legs, twouprights rising from the rear legs, a pair of cross-bars slightlyseparated one from the other at the upper end of said uprights, and apair of supplemental supporting-legs secured to a supplementalseat,which is hinged to the chair so that it may be folded inwardly oroutwardly, according to the form in which the deviceis to be used. Inconnection with the foregoing parts I employ an ironing-board one end ofwhich is adapted to fit between the cross-bars connecting said uprightsand the other end of which is adapted to rest upon the cross-barconnecting the upper ends of said supplemental legs.

The invention also consists of certain details of construction andcombinations of parts to be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1represents a perspective view of my device in its chair form. Fig. 2 isa rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the deviceshown in the form it assumes when used as an ironingboard support.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

My improved device is made up of a chair 1, of wood or other suitablematerial, having a seat 2 and four legs 3 3 and 4 4:, suitably bracedand supported, the legs 4 being extended upwardly from the seat 2 andconnected by cross-bars 5 6 at their upper ends, slightly separated onefrom the other, the said uprights and cross-bars constituting the backof the chair. Hinged to the outer edge of the seat 2 is a supplementalseat 7, having supplemental legs 8 8, secured to its outer edge, whichare extended upwardly, as shown, and connected by a cross-.bar 9. Thesaid supplemental seat and legs are also suitably braced and supported.In connection with the foregoing 7 parts I employ an ironing-board 10,which is slightly wider at one end than at the other and slightlythicker at its narrow end than at its wide end. The wide end of saidironing-board is adapted to be inserted between the cross-bars 5 and 6,resting upon the latter, and has its outer end supported upon thecross-bar 9, connecting the upper ends of the supplemental legs 88.

In using my device as a chair the supplemental seat 7,with thesupplemental legs connected thereto, is folded inwardly, so that it Irests upon the seat 2, and the supplemental legs lie between theuprights and legs 4 4:. When it is desired to convert the said chairinto an ironing-board support, said supplemental seat 7 is foldedoutwardly with the supplemental legs 8 resting upon the fioor. Theironing-board 10 is then inserted between the cross-bars 5 and 6, withits outerend resting upon the crossbar 9, connected to the upper ends ofthe legs 8 8.

The device is extremely simple in construction, can be cheaply made, andis a very useful article of kitchen furniture.

Having now described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'

In a device of the character set forth, the combination with a chairhaving a seat and supporting-legs, the rear supporting-legs extendingupwardly and connected by a pair of cross-bars slightly separated onefrom the other, of a supplemental seat hinged to the seat of said chair,supplemental legs connected thereto, extended upwardly and connected bya cross-bar, and an ironing-board, one end of which is adapted to beinserted between said pair of cross-bars, and the outer end of which isadapted to rest upon the cross-bars connecting said supplemental legs,substantially as and for the purpose described,

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

' BASIL H. COOPER. Witnesses:

Z. W. CRocKETT, J. M. ANDERSON.

